Virginia R. Csolkovits

December 15, 2000

Virginia R. Csolkovits, 59, of Arlington Heights, who retired in 1999 after 20 years as a teacher's aide in Hersey High School, died Tuesday, Dec. 12, in Northwest Community Healthcare Center, Arlington Heights,of complications from an aneurysm. Mrs. Csolkovits was a critical care unit nurse in Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge from 1975 to 1979. She received an associate's degree in nursing from Harper Community College, Palatine, in 1975, and a master's degree in special education from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, in 1996. Since her retirement, Mrs. Csolkovits had been a volunteer in Holy Family Medical Center in Des Plaines. She also served at times as a eucharistic minister in St. James Church in Arlington Heights. "She was a very religious woman," said her daughter Lisa Ann Perkins. "She was also very active in the pro-life movement." Other survivors include her husband, William F.; another daughter, Gina Marie Tiahnybok; a sister, Frances Wentink; and four grandchildren. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday in Glueckert Funeral Home, 1520 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights. A mass will be said at 11 a.m. in St. James Catholic Church, 831 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Heights.